A. Are you using the same tools as the reviewers?

B. What brand model 5070 ti exactly?

C. Where did you get the info that no 5070 ti will idle over 28 watts?

D. What happens when you turn your monitors refresh rate fown to 60hz?

how are you monitoring power draw?

check with gpuz and see what gpu usage is at, and see if its dropping to idle clocks at desktop or 2d modes

Originally posted by nullable:

A. Are you using the same tools as the reviewers?

B. What brand model 5070 ti exactly?

C. Where did you get the info that no 5070 ti will idle over 28 watts?

D. What happens when you turn your monitors refresh rate fown to 60hz?

A. Depends, some of them use hardware, while others are using software monitoring. I'm using software monitoring, which granted is somewhat less accurate, but still should give ballpark similar numbers.

B. Asus Prime 5070 Ti OC

C. TPU 5070 Ti database, various YouTube reviews, HwInfo Screenshots of other 5070 Tis. I found a few people complaining about a similar issue on some MSI cards, but they appear to be a minority, perhaps MSI fixed this issue after launch.

D. Only drops down about 3-4W

Originally posted by _I_:

how are you monitoring power draw?

check with gpuz and see what gpu usage is at, and see if its dropping to idle clocks at desktop or 2d modes

I'm monitoring through software, mostly using HwInfo, HWMonitor and the nVidia app.

Clocks average between 350 and 450 in idle. Memory clock at around 50 mhz. CPU-Z also confirms the power draw of the other monitoring applications.

~35W board power draw, with 13.2 W GPU chip power draw.

Looking on reddit the Tuf and Prime have different idle power.
You just picked the one with the higher idle power, must be in the card bios.
No idea if you can flash your Prime with the Tuf bios to lower idle power.

Originally posted by Agenda 2025:

Looking on reddit the Tuf and Prime have different idle power.
You just picked the one with the higher idle power, must be in the card bios.
No idea if you can flash your Prime with the Tuf bios to lower idle power.

I was only able to find a couple of posts where the redditors said they had 17w of idle with the Prime. It's possible I might have missed something, could you please show me this thread?

I'm debating BIOS flashing. It has a dual-bios, so it's not out of the question. It is, however, still in it's return window, which might be closed if I try flashing,

Might be a setting. Active-state power management (ASPM) ? Not sure it helps nvidia gpus might be more of an intel gpu power draw thing? Could see what they did to lower it.

https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/support/articles/000092564/graphics.html

from the link above: For most supported configurations to achieve optimal power consumption configure the BIOS as follows:

Allow OS controlled ASPM by setting Native ASPM to Enabled.
Enable PCI Express root port ASPM and select L1 Substates.




Power draw will vary between refresh rates, resolutions, etc...

Any back ground apps running using up gpu resources? Task manager? Start up section?

Originally posted by Set-115689:

Might be a setting. Active-state power management (ASPM) ? Not sure it helps nvidia gpus might be more of an intel gpu power draw thing? Could see what they did to lower it.

https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/support/articles/000092564/graphics.html

from the link above: For most supported configurations to achieve optimal power consumption configure the BIOS as follows:

Allow OS controlled ASPM by setting Native ASPM to Enabled.
Enable PCI Express root port ASPM and select L1 Substates.




Power draw will vary between refresh rates, resolutions, etc...

Any back ground apps running using up gpu resources? Task manager? Start up section?

I gave this a shot, unfortunately no dice. Idle power remains unaffected.

GPU core load is at around 2-4%, memory controller at around 14%, memory usage at around 6-7%, video engine close to full 0 and GPU bus at around 50%.

Thanks for the suggestion, unfortunately it appears it did not work. Do you have any other ideas?

What about forcing pcie 4 in bios? some 5000 series have issues with pcie 5.

I have the TUF version and at idle I am drawing 13w, pcie 4 with latest game ready drivers.

Check if you don’t have any desktop recording on. Like ShadowPlay Desktop Capture.

Having such recording on would lead to high power draw.

set a fan curve at 40% till 40c then jump to 75-85% fan speed (or set to noise level your
comfortable with) that should bring down idle temps.nvidia stock fan curve sucks azz

That's odd. I got a beefy quad slot palit gamerock and while watching 4k movies I get around 25w. Idle it's at 15-20w. Have you tried studio drivers? Gameready drivers are not good to say the least. Still miles ahead of the refuse AMD offers but studio drivers should always be your first priority

Originally posted by Guydodge:

set a fan curve at 40% till 40c then jump to 75-85% fan speed (or set to noise level your
comfortable with) that should bring down idle temps.nvidia stock fan curve sucks azz

I disagree with this assumption. Even at 100% fan speed the power consumption would not be as high as no describes. My palit gamerock 70ti sits at 15-20w idle and with 60% fan speed power consumption increases by mere 1-2w

Originally posted by Carlsberg:

What about forcing pcie 4 in bios? some 5000 series have issues with pcie 5.

I have the TUF version and at idle I am drawing 13w, pcie 4 with latest game ready drivers.

I'm on the X570 chipset with a 5700X3D, so Gen 4 is the highest PCIe gen my mobo supports anyway. However, I did find your idea interesting, so I tried forcing it to Gen 4, instead of having it at auto. That didn't fix the issue. I even tried forcing it to Gen 3, but again - no dice. Thanks for the idea, tho.


The great reviews about the efficiency of your TUF are actually what made me buy the card. I assumed, perhaps wrongly, that the Prime would just be the same, albeit with a more cut-down cooler.

Originally posted by C1REX:

Check if you don’t have any desktop recording on. Like ShadowPlay Desktop Capture.

Having such recording on would lead to high power draw.

I checked, desktop recording is off. Was one of my first assumptions, actually. Even tried disabling the nvidia overlay entirely, but that also didn't help sadly. :/

Thanks for the idea, anyway.

Originally posted by Guydodge:

set a fan curve at 40% till 40c then jump to 75-85% fan speed (or set to noise level your
comfortable with) that should bring down idle temps.nvidia stock fan curve sucks azz

The temperatures are alright. I mean, not amazing, but definitely alright. It's the power draw that's kind of worrying me.

Originally posted by Corona Scurrae:

That's odd. I got a beefy quad slot palit gamerock and while watching 4k movies I get around 25w. Idle it's at 15-20w. Have you tried studio drivers? Gameready drivers are not good to say the least. Still miles ahead of the refuse AMD offers but studio drivers should always be your first priority

Originally posted by Guydodge:

set a fan curve at 40% till 40c then jump to 75-85% fan speed (or set to noise level your
comfortable with) that should bring down idle temps.nvidia stock fan curve sucks azz

I disagree with this assumption. Even at 100% fan speed the power consumption would not be as high as no describes. My palit gamerock 70ti sits at 15-20w idle and with 60% fan speed power consumption increases by mere 1-2w

Thanks for the feedback! That's actually one of the cards I was looking at. TPU had it as one of the most power hungry cards, while the Asus models as some of the most efficient. Turns out in my case it's exactly the other way around, lol. That Palit GameRock is a great model for the price they're selling it at. That cooler is insane. It's a weapon. Would have been far better of making the same decision as you.

In any case, I did try the studio drivers, but unfortunately they did not change the idle power consumption at all.

I even tried the card on a disk with another windows installation on it, but no dice. Even lowering to 1080p60hz only affected the power consumption by 2-3W.

I found one screenshot online of someone with an Asus Prime having about 28W, but everyone else seems to be happily idling at 15-20W. Starting to wonder if my card is faulty.

Anyone have any other ideas?

post your readout from gpuz/c, it may help to see what your missing.

good read

https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/geforce/forums/geforce-graphics-cards/5/558269/5070-ti-idle-consumption/